All Outdoor Industry Compass articles in Volume 6, Issue 23-24 – Page 2
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Equip Deutschland, the subsidiary of the British company that owns...
Equip Deutschland, the subsidiary of the British company that owns Lowe Alpine, Rab, Outdoor Designs and Integral Designs, has merged the distribution of the Rab and Lowe brands in Switzerland: Flagrant Sports Trading, the long-time distributor of Eagle Creek in the country, has taken on Rab's distribution, in addition to ...
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Brian Cyr is the first U.S.-based product and design director...
Brian Cyr is the first U.S.-based product and design director of Hi-Tec Sports
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Moving Comfort will be focusing on sports bras as from...
Moving Comfort will be focusing on sports bras as from 2015. Its full apparel line will continue to be sold until Dec. 31, 2014 only. The U.S.-based firm said that the move is part of an overall strategy shift by Brooks Sports, the parent company of Brooks and Moving Comfort, ...
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Salewa and Dynafit, two brands of the Italian Oberalp group,...
Salewa and Dynafit, two brands of the Italian Oberalp group, have joined the Fair Wear Foundation (FWF), effective from Sept. 25. FWF is the non-profit organization, controlled by its stakeholders, which screens the social performance of the affiliated members from the textile industry. Around the same time, Oberalp published its ...
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Lifemarque, a British travel and outdoor brand, has hired Richard...
Lifemarque, a British travel and outdoor brand, has hired Richard Codgbrook as marketing manager. He left as European marketing manager of Smartwool following the relocation of its European operations to the European office of VF Corp. in Switzerland.
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Camp David, a German outdoor lifestyle brand of clothing owned...
Camp David, a German outdoor lifestyle brand of clothing owned by the Clinton Group, opened its first foreign store in the Dutch city of Utrecht in October and is now opening another store in a shopping center of Bratislavia, the capital of Slovakia. Another should follow in the same city ...
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Nikwax and Páramo, the U.K. brand of functional outerwear, presented...
Nikwax and Páramo, the U.K. brand of functional outerwear, presented the results of their exclusive partnership: a collection of rainwear which is entirely free of PFC. The Páramo collection features Nikwax' Analogy System which is said to be completely PFC-free. In regard to competing solutions suggested by leading outdoor apparel brands, ...
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TJ Bottom, an intermountain sales representatives for Zeal Optics of...
TJ Bottom, an intermountain sales representatives for Zeal Optics of Colorado, has been appointed North American direct of sales for the sports eyewear company, owned by Maui Jim Sunglasses
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The Outdoor Retailer show has named Kate Blom-Lowery as director...
The Outdoor Retailer show has named Kate Blom-Lowery as director of public relations
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Big losses for Lafuma
As expected, the French Lafuma Groupe has announced a big loss for the financial year ended Sept. 31. It did so just after Calida of Switzerland obtained the go-ahead for a major refinancing of the company, as reported in the previous issue of The Compass.The net loss amounted to €71.2 ...
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Bever, the big Dutch specialty outdoor retailer, has signed an...
Bever, the big Dutch specialty outdoor retailer, has signed an agreement with a local organization, Natuurmonumenten, to inspire people to experience outdoor activities in the surrounding nature, especially through trail running. The two partners have together plotted ten trail running routes in the Netherlands and organized clinics for newcomers to ...
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Berghaus is taking steps to standardize the sizing of its...
Berghaus is taking steps to standardize the sizing of its ranges of men's and women's garments and has committed to use AlvaForm technical fit mannequins for that purpose. AlvaForms are developed by Alvanon, the global supplier of integrated fit solutions for the apparel industry, based on the 3D body-shape scans ...
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BNS Bergal, Nico and Solitaire signed a joint venture with...
BNS Bergal, Nico and Solitaire signed a joint venture with Granger's, the British manufacturer of shoe-care products, in April 2013, for the German-speaking market. The company has now engaged a dedicated sales team for the German, Austrian and Swiss markets. Oliver Nobbe has been working as chief executive of Granger's ...
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Stefanie Gruber has been promoted by Sportalm to be in...
Stefanie Gruber has been promoted by Sportalm to be in charge of international sales, following the departure of the former sales manager, Andreas Gotschke. In her new position, Gruber will also develop store franchising and shop-in-shop solutions. Before joining the Austrian sports apparel company, she worked for Strenesse, René Lezard, ...
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Terry Stephenson, who had been hired as marketing and communications...
Terry Stephenson, who had been hired as marketing and communications manager for the Outdoor Industries Association (OIA) of the U.K. at the beginning of 2012, is leaving to take up a marketing position at Montane. The British OIA plans to make an announcement next week about his successor.
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Nick Woodman, founder and chief executive of GoPro, has been...
Nick Woodman, founder and chief executive of GoPro, has been namedas National Entrepreneur of the Year by Ernst & Young in the U.S. in the Retail and Consumer Products category. Jim Weber, chief executive of Brooks Sports, was among the finalists in the contest.
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Steve Bracewell, former managing director of Gelert, has become chief...
Steve Bracewell, former managing director of Gelert, has become chief executive of Animal, a British brand of action sports clothing. He had left the British supplier of camping equipment after its acquisition by Sports Direct International earlier this year.
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China’s Camel gallops away with huge sales on Taobao
Taobao, a Chinese equivalent of eBay, traditionally celebrates Nov. 11 with a huge sales campaign. The results were massive: Taobao reports that the sales generated by all the retailers hosted on its internet portal that participated in the campaign were as high as 15.9 billion yuan renminbi (€1.9bn-$2.6bn). This corresponds ...
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Schöffel, the snow and outerwear company has been awarded a...
Schöffel, the snow and outerwear company has been awarded a bronze “Effie” by the GWA, the German ad agency industry association's prize in the category of consumer goods for its integrated marketing campaign “Ich bin raus” (“I'm outta here”). The campaign was designed by Ogilvy & Mather and appeared in magazines ...
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Berghaus expands into the U.S. and Australia
Not all the key decisions have been taken yet on the staffing and the final location of the company's new operations across the Atlantic Ocean, but Berghaus is determined to conquer the U.S. market, starting with the autumn/winter 2014-15 season. For this purpose, British outdoor brand, which is owned by ...
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